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Seth MacFarlane is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer known for his work in film, television, and music. [1] He has received several awards including five Primetime Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, a Producers Guild of America Award, and a Writers Guild of America Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, and five Grammy Awards. He has received special honors such as a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019 and was inducted in the Television Hall of Fame in 2020.
He is known for creating and voicing several characters in the animated television shows Family Guy (1999–present), American Dad (2005–present), and The Cleveland Show (2009–2013) and the science fiction series The Orville (2017–2022). His film projects include Ted (2012), A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), and Ted 2 (2015). He has also released eight studio albums Music Is Better Than Words (2011), Holiday for Swing (2014), No One Ever Tells You (2015), In Full Swing (2017), Once in a While (2019), Great Songs from Stage & Screen (2020), Blue Skies (2022), and We Wish You the Merriest (2023).
He received an Academy Award for Best Original Song nomination for "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from Ted (2012) at the 85th Academy Awards. He hosted that same ceremony for which he earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) nomination. He made his directorial film debut with Ted earning a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Comedy nomination. He received five Grammy Award nominations three of which were for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for his albums Music Is Better Than Words (2011), No One Ever Tells You (2015), and In Full Swing (2017). He was also Grammy nominated for Best Comedy Album for Family Guy: Live in Vegas (2006).
For his work on the animated series Family Guy he received five Primetime Emmy Awards, four of which were for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. He received two British Academy Television Award for Best International Programme nominations for Family Guy in 2008 and 2010. For the show he also received six Teen Choice Awards, two Saturn Awards, a People's Choice Award, a Producers Guild of America Award, and a Writers Guild of America Award. For producing the documentary series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014) he received a Peabody Award, the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Reality Series, and Producers Guild of America Award for Best Non-Fiction Television.
The Academy Awards are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements, and are organised by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). [2] MacFarlane has received one nomination.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | Best Original Song | "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" (from Ted ) | Nominated | [3] |
The British Academy Television Awards is an annual award show presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The awards were founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell and others. [4] MacFarlane has been nominated twice.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2008 | Best International Programme | Family Guy | Nominated | [5] |
2010 | Best International Programme | Nominated | [6] |
The Primetime Emmy Award recognizes outstanding achievements in American prime time television programming. The accolade is annually bestowed by members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Awards presented for accomplishments in daytime television programming are designated "Daytime Emmy Awards." [7] MacFarlane has won five awards out of twenty-four nominations. In 2020, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry. Often considered the highest music honor, the awards were established in 1958. [25] MacFarlane has been nominated five times.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2006 | Best Comedy Album | Family Guy: Live in Vegas | Nominated | [26] |
2012 | Best Song Written for Visual Media | "Christmastime is Killing Us" (from Family Guy ) | Nominated | [27] |
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | Music Is Better Than Words | Nominated | ||
2016 | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | No One Ever Tells You | Nominated | [28] |
2018 | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | In Full Swing | Nominated | [29] |
Organizations | Year | Category | Project | Result | Ref. |
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Astra Awards | 2022 | Best Broadcast Network or Cable Animated Series | Family Guy | Nominated | [30] |
2024 | Best Broadcast Network or Cable Animated Series | Family Guy | Nominated | [31] | |
2024 | Best Streaming Comedy Series | Ted | Nominated | [32] | |
Best Directing in a Streaming Comedy Series | Nominated | ||||
Best Writing in a Streaming Comedy Series | Nominated | ||||
Best Voice-Over Performance | Nominated | ||||
Critics' Choice Awards | 2012 | Best Animated Series | Family Guy | Nominated | [33] |
2013 | Best Comedy | Ted | Nominated | [34] | |
2014 | Best Animated Series | Family Guy | Nominated | [35] | |
Best Reality Series | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey | Won | |||
2015 | Louis XIII Genius Award | Seth MacFarlane | Won | [36] | |
Georgia Film Critics Association | 2013 | Best Original Song | "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" (from Ted ) | Nominated | [37] |
International Documentary Association Awards | 2014 | Best Limited Series | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey | Nominated | [38] |
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | 2012 | Breakthrough Performance Behind the Camera | Ted | Nominated | [39] |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | 2012 | Best Comedy | Ted | Won | [40] |
TCA Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Achievement in News and Information | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey | Won | [41] |
Organizations | Year | Notes | Result | Ref. |
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Hollywood Walk of Fame | 2019 | Television Star | Honored | [100] |
Television Hall of Fame | 2020 | Inducted | Honored | [101] |
The 85th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2012 and took place on February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time Zone (PST) / 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time Zone (EST). The ceremony was the first in the Academy's 85-year history to adopt the phrase "The Oscars" as the ceremony's official name during the broadcast and marketing. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and directed by Don Mischer. Actor Seth MacFarlane hosted the show for the first time.